Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!hc!lanl!cmcl2!phri!cooper!dasys1!aj-mberg From: aj-mberg@dasys1.UUCP (Micha Berger) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Which is a better conductor: gold or silver? Message-ID: <10347@dasys1.UUCP> Date: 24 Jul 89 16:51:40 GMT References: <14172@swan.ulowell.edu> <19729@louie.udel.EDU> <20483@cup.portal.com> <996@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> Reply-To: aj-mberg@dasys1.UUCP (Micha Berger) Organization: Aspaklaria Publications / AishDas Society Lines: 12 There are really two questions here (since silver tarnishes): Which is more conductive: 1- gold or silver? 2- gold or silver oxide? Even if silver is more conductive, it wouldn't help much unless silver oxide is too. -- Micha Berger "Always should [the child of] Adam have awe of G-d in secret and in public, admit the truth, and speak truth in his heart."